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brations , after coming home from a fair , or helping to drain the flowing bowl , or even after the Minister has been taking pot - luck with him ; but we recommend , that he shall set aside , for the perusal of them , some quiet evening ...
brations , after coming home from a fair , or helping to drain the flowing bowl , or even after the Minister has been taking pot - luck with him ; but we recommend , that he shall set aside , for the perusal of them , some quiet evening ...
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After exchanging compliments , I had time to observe a cherrytree spread out on the front - wall of the house ; the window of the minister's study , as I could perceive from the number of books and a small portable desk on the table ...
After exchanging compliments , I had time to observe a cherrytree spread out on the front - wall of the house ; the window of the minister's study , as I could perceive from the number of books and a small portable desk on the table ...
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My gracious ! how vulgar , " exclaimed Mrs Baxter , " to see the minister and his lady in a dung cart ! but I suppose she still thinks herself on her father's farm ; for she can talk of nothing but cows , pigs , and poultry : faugh !
My gracious ! how vulgar , " exclaimed Mrs Baxter , " to see the minister and his lady in a dung cart ! but I suppose she still thinks herself on her father's farm ; for she can talk of nothing but cows , pigs , and poultry : faugh !
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She conducted me to the garden , informing me the minister was there . As I passed through the back court , I was fiercely attacked by a brood - hen , surrounded by her chickens ; as I staggered to one side to avoid her attack ...
She conducted me to the garden , informing me the minister was there . As I passed through the back court , I was fiercely attacked by a brood - hen , surrounded by her chickens ; as I staggered to one side to avoid her attack ...
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The minister looked awkward and uneasy , and at last rung the bell , ordering a fire to be lighted in the study , as the night was cold . Mrs H. now burst into the room , in great alarm , crying , that one of the cows was swollen with ...
The minister looked awkward and uneasy , and at last rung the bell , ordering a fire to be lighted in the study , as the night was cold . Mrs H. now burst into the room , in great alarm , crying , that one of the cows was swollen with ...
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Página 80 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Página 266 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Página 313 - I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; — 'Tis like the forc'd gait of a shuffling nag.
Página 35 - One science only will one genius fit ; So vast is art, so narrow human wit : Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft in those confin'd to single parts.
Página 16 - WHEN the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead — When the cloud is scattered The rainbow's glory is shed. When the lute is broken, Sweet tones are remembered not; When the lips have spoken, Loved accents are soon forgot.
Página 16 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are ; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear...
Página 266 - I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
Página 17 - How shall ever one like me Win thee back again? With the joyous and the free Thou wilt scoff at pain. Spirit false! thou hast forgot All but those who need thee not. As a lizard with the shade Of a trembling leaf, Thou with sorrow art dismayed; Even the sighs of grief Reproach thee, that thou art not near, And reproach thou wilt not hear.
Página 266 - Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you ; do this in remembrance of me. Likewise after supper he took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this; for this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you and for many, for the remission of sins; do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.
Página 259 - Amen, amen, I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do; and greater than these shall he do: because I go to the Father.